Winches for off-road vehicles, winch accessories

Off-road car winch – an indispensable device for off-road, helps to overcome difficult areas on the road. The traction force of the off-road winch is transmitted by means of a cable, chain or other flexible element from the drive drum. The winch drive for the jeep can be electric or from an internal combustion engine. The load capacity of any winch is measured in pounds.

Most often used for SUVs is mechanical and electric winches. We will consider them in more detail.

Electrical winches for 4WD

This type of winch is driven by an electric motor and controlled by a special remote control. You don't have to make special efforts to electrolade earned: you just need to click the "unwinding" to pull the cable to the desired length, clip it on the stuck machine and click on the "winding". These winches are the most common in off-road.

Electric car winches for jeeps can have different voltage, which is measured in volts (V, V): 12V, 24V and 220 volts.

Advantages of electric winch on off-road vehicle:

• Does not require much effort on the part of the driver.
• Fast-winding the cable.
• The pulling force varies from 1000 to 81,650 kg.

Disadvantages:

Installation of a stationary electric winch requires intervention in the design of the car: in most cases, the winch is installed on the bumper or mounting plate, which is attached to the frame or body of the SUV.

Mechanical winches for cars

Such winches are usually installed by the manufacturer of the SUV at the Assembly stage. Separately to purchase and install a mechanical winch is almost impossible. The mechanical winch works at the expense of the machine engine: the power take-off unit is connected to the transfer case, from which the winch receives torque.

Advantages:

• Reliability.

Disadvantages:

•Such a winch will not be able to use yourself: you will definitely need an assistant who will be in the car to turn on or off the winch with a lever.

Choose the winch for the SUV correctly

To buy a winch for a jeep is to remember the following: the load capacity of the winch should be 2 – 2.5 times the weight of the machine that you plan.

Winch accessories

To facilitate the use of winches for SUV will help special accessories, including:

• Steel and synthetic cables.
• Jackles - cast iron half-rings for connecting cables, chains, blocks.
• Anchors - sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where you need to use a winch, but there is no object nearby for which you can fix the cable. It is useful anchor for the winch – it serves as a reliable support.
• Cable clamps.
• Rope hooks.
• Blocks - help to increase the pulling force of the winch. With blocks, you can even change the direction of the machine that is pulled.
• Sedative chains.
• Mass switches.

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